LA CIUDAD QUE NO DESCANSA (INSPECTOR PENDERGAST 17) (PRESTON, DOUGLAS / CHILD, LINCOLN)
La hija de un millonario aparece muerta. Y sin cabeza. La nueva frenética novela del inspector Pendergast. Cuando Grace Ozmian, la bella pero temeraria hija de un millonario, desaparece, la policía asume que la chica se ha dejado llevar de nuevo por sus ansias de aventura. Hasta que encuentran en un almacén su cadáver decapitado.Vincent D'Agosta lidera la investigación junto con el agente especial Pendergast, pero ninguno de ellos está preparado para lo que les espera: un ser diabólico está aterrorizando el área metropolitana de Nueva York y Grace ha sido su primera víctima.Antes de que el pánico se extienda, Pendergast tendrá que hacer acopio de sus habilidades para desenmascarar al enemigo de la ciudad que no descansa y vivir para contarlo. La crítica ha dicho...«Pendergast es un héroe peculiar, un Sherlock Holmes moderno.»Kirkus «Hay pocos como Preston y Child a la hora de crear auténticas escenas de suspense.»Publishers Weekly «Lo que los lectores de esta famosa pareja esperan es intriga, emoción y una historia inolvidable. Esta nueva entrega es otra creación perfectamente escrita de Preston y Child.»Suspense Magazine «Preston y Child traspasan con este título las fronteras de la novela de acción y aventura.»Kirkus
SIMPATÍA POR EL DIABLO (HAGHENBECK, F.G.)
En Simpatía por el diablo volvemos a encontrarnos con los personajes y el oscuro universo de El diablo me obligó, ganadora del premio NOCTE a la mejor novela de horror extranjera y novela en la que se basa la aclamada serie de Netflix, Diablero. Elvis Infante es un «diablero» o, lo que es lo mismo, se gana la vida capturando demonios, ángeles caídos y otros seres fantásticos. En este libro se dirige a bordo de su coche rojo hasta Tijuana, con un especial cargamento: una droga que exime de pecados a todo el que se la inyecta. Esta le convertirá en el blanco de muchos: adoradores del diablo, ángeles caídos e incluso el misterioso grupo religioso El Conclave, que lo reclutó como «diablero» y lo condujo a esta vida de sombras.
LA CIUTAT I LA CIUTAT (MIÉVILLE, CHINA)
NO TE RINDAS (COBEN HARLAN)
LA VERDAD OCULTA ES SIEMPRE ESTREMECEDORA En el último curso de instituto, Napoleon Dumas perdió a su hermano gemelo en un trágico accidente. Mientras paseaba con su novia, ambos adolescentes fueron arrollados por un tren. Pocos días después, Maura Wells, el gran amor de Napoleon, desapareció sin dejar rastro. Él siempre ha creído que los dos sucesos estaban relacionados. Quince años después, cuando ya es policía de la localidad en la que creció, aparecen las huellas de Maura en el escenario de un asesinato. Es la pista que estaba esperando para intentar atar todos los cabos sueltos de su vida.
LOS ESCUPITAJOS DE LAS CUCARACHAS (MARTÍN FARRERO, ANDREU)
ANDRÓMEDA (ALCÁNTARA JIMÉNEZ, RODRIGO)
LA MELANCOLÍA DE LOS HOMBRES PÁJARO NARRADA (BOLEA, JUAN)
DARK IS THE CLUE (PUNSHON, E.R.)
?You called him a ?wrong ?un?. Why? Birds of a feather know each other? Is that the idea? Or do you really know something about him? Oh, and don?t lie.? Commander Bobby Owen of the Yard is on his way to visit Willoughby Wynne, concerning a gang of thieves operating in the immediate rural neighbourhood. But when murder comes, amid the loganberry bushes, it is a suspected blackmailer, not gangster, who is found strangled. Mr Wynne demands to be considered a suspect himself, but the list isn?t short. It seems more than one person in the district has been living a double life, one they are anxious to protect. And among the petty feuds, petty criminals and respectable gentry, a criminal mastermind is moving anonymously, pulling strings. Bobby will need a very large pair of shears to cut them this time. Dark is the Clue is the thirty-third novel in the Bobby Owen Mystery series, originally published in 1955. This new edition features a bonus Bobby Owen short story, and an introduction by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans. ?What is distinction? ? in the works of Mr. E.R. Punshon we salute it every time.?--Dor
VIRGINIA IS FOR MYSTERIES (SISTERS IN CRIME)
Virginia Is for Mysteries is a collection of sixteen short stories set in and around the state of Virginia. All stories are written by Virginia residents with ?murder? in mind. Each is a member of Sisters In Crime writers group. The idea of a themed anthology is popular in mystery writing groups and Virginia Is for Mysteries can be compared to Chesapeake Crimes, Fish Tales, Fish Nets, or Best New England Crime Stories.
BAD SONS (TIDY, OLIVER)
David Booker returns to Romney Marsh on the south coast of England for a holiday. He is expecting to spend time helping his aunt and uncle pack up the stock of their second-hand bookshop in preparation for a happy retirement.He arrives in Dymchurch on a miserable April night to find his relatives missing without word or clue regarding their whereabouts. As events unravel, the outlook of the local police pushes Booker to search for his own answers to the questions surrounding his family?s disappearance.To unravel the mystery he will have to put himself in danger.Will Booker find the answers he needs and make it out alive?
A SPIRITED TAIL (DOBBS, LEIGHANN)
Middle-aged bookstore owner Willa Chance is looking forward to the opportunity of appraising a valuable private library that hasn't seen the light of day for fifty years ... until she finds a dead body in the backyard and the ghost of the home's previous owner anxiously waiting for her inside.Hampered by the persistent ghost who insists on keeping secrets from her, Willa navigates a sea of confusing clues as she struggles to uncover the connection between the recent murder and two murders fifty years ago.Is the answer contained in the secret she found in the library? Or the unusual bequest left by the long-dead owner of the house? Or maybe it has something to do with the mysterious journal that everyone seems to be after.Once again, Willa's cat Pandora has to help her figure out the clues, while she and the other cats of Mystic Notch try to keep vital mystical knowledge from getting into the wrong hands.Can Willa discover the identity of the killer in time or will she end up being the fourth victim
ALIBIS CAN BE MURDER (SHELTON, CONNIE)
The weather turns to spring, and Charlotte "Charlie" Parker faces a pair of puzzles. Against Charlie?s better judgment Ron, her PI partner, takes a cheating-spouse case that turns into a comedy of errors involving a star football player and his wife?s petty vengeance. Meanwhile, Charlie?s neighbor Elsa has a bad feeling about a family up the street. Is it a case of the neighborhood busybody having too much time on her hands, or is there truly something sinister happening with twin teen girls who?ve been left with too much money and not enough supervision??Praise for the Charlie Parker series:??Charlie is just what readers want.? ?Booklist?Connie Shelton gets better with every book she writes.?--The Midwest Book Review?... suspenseful storytelling with sensitive portrayals of complex family relationships.? ?Booklist?Shelton?s engaging story, likable heroine, and comfortable prose make this a good choice.? ? Library Journal
EDDIE’S WORLD (STELLA, CHARLIE)
EDDIE?S WORLD ? Eddie Senta is in the middle of a midlife crisis. His wife?s biological clock is ticking and she wants a baby. She also wants him to start making some money. And his career as a word processor is going nowhere. Even his old gig as a runner for the mob holds no excitement for him anymore. Eddie feels trapped. ? So when an old friend shows up with an opportunity to make an easy score with a quick robbery, he takes it. It?s more the thrill than anything that appeals to him. But the robbery?s a bust, and now he?s involved in a triple murder case with the FBI after him, a crazy killer under the federal witness protection on his ass, and two New York detectives and a Russian mobster not far behind. Eddie?s life just got interesting.
EL CREPUSCLE DELS AFORTUNATS (ALANDES JULI)
Miquel O'Malley, un inspector dels mossos d'esquadra aficionat a la novel·la negra, està de baixa laboral per depressió, però un col·lega l'anima a tornar a treballar en una missió especial a... València, la terra de la seva infantesa. Fent-se passar, doncs, per un agent del Seprona, es desplaça cap a la població de Bellvig, on han aparegut tres cadàvers: el cacic local, un treballador d'un bordell i una prostituta de carrer. És aparentment un cas passional, però, amb, l'ajuda de la Mat, una periodista de la zona, destapa un cas de corrupció i d'especulació immobiliària... Juli Alandes, nascut a València, és professor de secundària i escriptor. Amb anterioritat ha publicat la novel·la Àcrates. El crepuscle dels afortunats, la primera incursió que fa en la novel·la negra, va quedar finalista del II Premi Crims de Tinta de Novel·la.
IT’S ABOUT TIME (MILLER, COURTNEY)
When will Frank catch a break? ??????? When will Sam put his life back together? ??????????????? When will someone put an end to Benny?s harassment? ?Franklin Roberts is a good man who does not deserve the outrageous misfortune that has left him homeless and destitute.? It?s about time he got a break.White Feather is convinced that his new friend has a rare case of Synathesia and can SEE TIME.? Maybe, he can also travel back to his past.? It?s about time to find out.Detective Sam Morrison has lost his family and then his job as a homicide detective for Denver P.D.? It?s about time he puts it all back together in the Wet Mountain Valley.Benjamin Cook is making life miserable for everyone at St. Jude Methodist Retirement Home.? It?s about time someone put an end to it.Five old men have found themselves stuck in a retirement home waiting to die.? It?s about time they restart their lives.When a resident at St. Jude Methodist Retirement Home mysteriously dies at lunch, five eccentric old men team up to solve the crime.? Will the 5 Sleuthkateers wind up in jail or solve the mystery?? Follow these lovable, comic, o